• Full-time | 1.0 FTE
• Location: Pakenham
• Base Salary: From $85,120 + superannuation + generous salary packaging benefits of up to $18,500.

Are you:

• Passionate about working with children, young people and their families?
• Committed to making a meaningful difference in their lives?
• Ready to deliver tailored support and services to make that difference?

If so, this may be the perfect opportunity for you.

About Anchor

Anchor provides high quality services that brings significant improvements in the life experiences of children, young people and families and caregivers. We pride ourselves in working from a strength based, trauma informed model of care incorporating Advantage Thinking and Self-Determination Theory, where the voice of clients and carer's are considered a priority to informing our practice and service development.

About the MyLife Project

Join our MyLife team, where we recognise individuals to be the experts in their own lives, fostering positive change through personalised interventions. Funded by Targeted Care Packages, our work focuses on helping young people transition out of or avoid entering residential care. As part of our team, you’ll provide seamless support for children and families across various pathways, including care transitions, family reunification, and preservation. You'll work with diverse young people, applying concepts like positive psychology and developmental trauma.

About the Role

As a Youth and Family Worker you will provide individualised support to the client and family. This may include:

• in-home support.
• assisting young people to develop independent living skills and community connections.
• delivering targeted support focusing on education and employment pathways, and
• maintaining case plans in consultation with young people.

We offer opportunities for growth, supervision, and professional development to ensure your success.

Who we’re looking for:

We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Youth and Family Worker who is passionate about supporting young people. You will be encouraged to utilise your passion and skills to support our young people to grow, develop and feel empowered.

To succeed in this role, you will have knowledge and experience in:

• trauma Informed Practice and Advantage Thinking.
• infant and adolescent development, mental health and substance abuse, and
• the services, processes and networks that are needed and utilised by Anchor’s client group.

You will have a minimum Diploma qualification in Community Services, or a related discipline, recognised in Australia.

Why work for Anchor?

Anchor is committed to developing our people where you will be supported to be your best.

What we provide:

• work arrangements that flex to allow for positive work-life balance.
• additional ex gratia paid leave – 2 days per year at Christmas.
• annual Staff Day.
• generous Not-for-Profit Salary Packaging of up to $15,900 free income tax per year, to maximise your take home pay.
• up to $2,650 additional tax-free money to spend towards meals and entertainment.
• support through a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program.
• opportunities to continuously grow and professionally develop.

How to Apply

If this sounds like the perfect role for you, we would love to hear from you.

Please refer to the Position Description available on our website. 

For further information about the role, contact People and Culture via email at [email protected] using the subject line: Youth and Family Worker - MyLife enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Applications close midday on the closing date.

Screening Requirements

Successful applicants will be required to provide:

• a Criminal History Check.
• a valid Working With Children Check.
• proof of your eligibility to work in Australia.

Anchor reserves the right to commence recruitment proceedings immediately. This opportunity is only open to candidates with appropriate legal working rights within Australia.

Our Child Safety, Diversity & Inclusion Commitment

Anchor is a child safe organisation, committed to child safety and wellbeing. Anchor recruit’s employees in accordance with the Child Safe Standards Victoria.

At Anchor, we aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality, or religion.  We welcome and strongly encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and people with lived experience to apply.

Anchor is committed to creating a culturally safe environment that values and supports Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people(s); where culture and heritage is acknowledged, and respected, as being core to their existence. We recognise and respect the unique culture and contribution that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people bring to our communities.  We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.